Inquiring minds want to know which hats are in your current rotation? [Post Pics]

[Wil Tam]

My current rotation as follows:

Akubra Overlander heritage quality in black [a converted western]

Akubra Federation IV Deluxe in moonstone

Stetson Gun Club Hampshire in cocoa [a converted western]

Stetson 20 Lite sovereign quality in brown

Unknown maker in tan [according to the info on the sweatband custom made in Danbury]

Stetson sovereign quality in gray, vintage style unknown... maybe a Temple?

Beaver Brand Hats 100% beaver Bushman clone in gray [no conversion with this one because I'm digging the wide brim!]


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[Doctor Strange]

Akubra Federation III, Mid-Brown (with Wested Raiders, dark brown lambskin) - this was back when I first got it... it has much more brim swoop now!

Akubra Stylemaster, Mid-Grey (with FlightSuits Civil A-2, black goatskin)

Akubra Stockman, Glen Grey (ditto)

Stetson Temple, Caribou (with Sterlingwear peacoat)

Plus a couple of B!Wear caps (brown herringbone and black/white herringbone) I wear when it's extra windy, or throw in my bag in case of rain/snow when I don't wear a proper hat.

 

[MattJH]

It seems like it's almost always the same two hats:

Herbert Johnson 7 5/8:

Bott "Tropic Weight" 7 3/4:

Other than that, it's usually my Dark Brown or Carbon Grey Akubra Federation IV Standard.

 

[Goose.]

Sydney Charcoal
Federation IV Deluxe Dark Brown
Capricorn Fawn
Akubra Homburg
C.E.O. Fern

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[Carlisle Blues]

Sydney Charcoal
Federation IV Deluxe Dark Brown
Capricorn Fawn
Akubra Homburg
C.E.O. Fern

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Sometimes a hat gives a person the appearance of stature.... In your case Goose YOU give the hats respectability. Good for you buddy. :eusa_clap :eusa_clap :eusa_clap

 

[HarpPlayerGene]

OoooooKayyyyy - Here goes...

It hasn't yet gotten fully hot enough for me to make this official but soon enough I'll stick to this selection until fall/winter comes again:

Adam Panama (1 of 2):

Adam Panama (2 of 2):

Arlop Summit Hat:

Bailey Lite Straw:

Bailey Lite Straw Shooter:

Dobbs Milan:

No-name straw I got for free:

Harvard Club Panama Optimo:

Modern Stetson Panama:

Some cheap vented yard hat:

 

[Lefty]

the two getting the most wear lately-
Borsalino Savoy

Stetson Royal Deluxe Vita Felt

 

[HarpPlayerGene]

OooooKayyyy, cont'd....

Old Wormser Panama:

Supernatural Panama:

Supernatural Optimo Panama:

Milano Western Shantung:

Pigalle straw:

Old Stetson No. 1:

Monte Carlo western:

Stetson 4X western:

Stetson green western:

Stetson Stallion:

 

[HarpPlayerGene]

Barrister beater:

Beaver Brand beater:

Borsalino rollup:

Champ Featherweight:

Dobbs Twenty:

Mallory in ochre:

Stetson stingy beater in taupe:

Stetson 3X gambler style:

Stetson Stratoliner:

Stetson Flagship:

 

[HarpPlayerGene]

Warner unlined:

Stetson Eagle:

Stetson Gun Club:

Stetson Open Road trusty beater:

Stetson Open Road modern mistake:

Minnetonka leather outback beater (old friend):

AND, there are several other cheapy wool fedoras and semi-western styles, other leather 'rain hats', one Dobbs stingy I don't yet have photographed and one Panama straw that hasn't arrived from a recent Ebay purchase.

 

[Wil Tam]

Whoa

Holy Shit Gene

... I thought I said current rotation

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[MattJH]

I love the pictures, but how are people listing more than 2 or 3 hats? Are you all wearing multiple hats per day?

 

[Wil Tam]

seven

I love the pictures, but how are people listing more than 2 or 3 hats? Are you all wearing multiple hats per day?

I have seven, one for each day not necessary in order [I don't have a Monday Hat or Thursday hat] but the ones I listed are my favorite go to hats at the moment.

 

[MattJH]

Wow! I rarely have more than two in rotation.

 

[Wil Tam]

I like a variety to fit my mood and jacket/or garment of the day. [huh]

 

[avedwards]

Seeing so many hats makes me feel very small. For me it's just a Stetson Chatham in carribou grey day in, day out. Soon this is to be replaced by an Akubra Fed IV in moonstone grey, as this will probably be better at being an everyday hat.

Before I had the Chatham it was a tan safari brim fedora from Wegener Headwear, which is now too small for me and on sale in the classifieds section waiting to be bought. Sorry about the fftopic: advertisement, just frustating that what was my favourite hat is now so unwanted.

 

[Lefty]

fftopic: Don't feel bad. I don't even like owning too many of anything. If I feel I have too many hats, I find the ones I don't wear enough and either start wearing them, or sell them. Resale value is another one of the great things about vintage hats. You'll never sell a new Akubra, Stetson, or even most customs (Adventurebilt excluded) for more than their current price.

I don't think I've ever owned more than 11 hats - felt and straw.

 

[gtdean48]

Borso Alessandria

Stetson Casual

Stetson 25

Stetson Open Road

Akubra Campdraft Glen Grey

Akubra Campdraft Silver Belly

Misc Westerns for Ranch work weekends & after real job...

 

[avedwards]

fftopic: Don't feel bad. I don't even like owning too many of anything. If I feel I have too many hats, I find the ones I don't wear enough and either start wearing them, or sell them. Resale value is another one of the great things about vintage hats. You'll never sell a new Akubra, Stetson, or even most customs (Adventurebilt excluded) for more than their current price.

I don't think I've ever owned more than 11 hats - felt and straw.

I personally like the idea of one hat which all my friends come to know me by and therefore it becomes my sort of trademark. Like Indiana Jones is known by his brown fedora, my friends know me by my grey one.

 

[Doctor Strange]

In my experience, my friends never notice which hat I'm wearing. They know I usually wear a hat, but they pay no attention to the style or color. They're completely blind to it, in fact.

Face it: to most folks other than the likes of us, a hat is just a hat!